Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g
Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-901970-0
Verlag: OUP Canada
This engaging guide to the hidden corridors of the mind explores the mental processes through which we interact with the world. Drawing on the work of esteemed researchers and scholars, Cognition applies real-life examples to key theories in order to create an accessible, yet comprehensive primer to the field.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Gedächtnis
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Lernen
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: Introduction
- Case Study: What Is Cognition?
- Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing
- Information Theory
- Models of Information-Processing
- Ecological Validity
- Metacognition and Cognitive Psychology
- The Range of Cognitive Psychology
- 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
- Case Study: Head Office
- The Brain as the Organ of the Mind
- The Relation between Mind and Brain
- Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
- 3: Perception
- Case Study: An Unusual Perceptual Experience
- The Physiology of Visual Perception NEW
- The Ventral Pathway and Object Recognition
- Context and Feedback Effects in Perception
- The Dorsal Pathway and the Relation between Perception and Action
- Interactions Between the Ventral and Dorsal Pathways
- Multimodal Perception
- 4: The Varieties of Attention
- Case Study: A Total Wreck
- James's Description of Attention
- Selective Attention
- Dual Tasks and the Limits of Attention
- Task Switching
- Sustained Attention NEW
- Overt Visual Attention
- 5: Memory Systems
- Case Study: What Was That Movie. ?
- Understanding Memory Systems NEW
- Modal Model of Memory
- - Sensory Memory NEW
- - Short-Term Memory NEW
- - Long-Term Memory
- Working Memory
- Further Developments in Memory Systems Theory
- Connectionist Models of Memory
- Aging and Memory Disorders
- 6: Memory Traces and Memory Schemas
- Case Study: When Memory Fails
- Introduction
- Schema-based Theories of Memory
- Scripts
- Autobiographical Memory NEW
- Levels of Processing
- Two Approaches to Memory Research
- 7: Imagery
- Case Study: Time-Space Synesthesia and Number Forms
- Memory and Imagery
- Synesthesia and Eidetic Imagery
- Mental Rotation
- Egocentric Perspective Transformations
- Controversy over the Nature of Mental Imagery
- Cognitive Maps and Mental Models
- Auditory Imagery NEW
- 8: Concepts
- Case Study: Grasping a New Concept
- The Classical Approach
- Learning Complex Rules
- Wittgenstein's Analysis of Concepts
- Rosch and Prototypicality
- Embodied Cognition
- Folk Biology
- 9: Language
- Case Study: Reading in the "Olden Days"
- The Structure of Language - The Building Blocks of Language NEW
- Transformational Grammar
- The Innateness Hypothesis
- Communication and Comprehension
- The Social Context of Language
- Language, Cognition, and Culture
- 10: Problem-Solving
- Case Study: Vaccinating in the Wake of Wakefield NEW
- Insight Problems and the Gestalt Theory of Thinking
- Current Approaches to Insight Problems
- Functional Fixedness and the Design of Tools
- The Flexibility-Rigidity Dimension
- Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Problem-Solving
- Thinking Aloud as a Method for Studying Human Problem-Solving
- Can Computer Programs Experience Insight?
- Solving Problems in Science
- 11: Reasoning, Judgment, and Choice
- Case Study: The (In)famous Hockey Stick NEW
- Reasoning
- Judgment and Choice
- Ecological Rationality
- Training in Statistical Reasoning
- 12: Intelligence and Creativity
- Case Study: A Child Prodigy
- The Concept of Intelligence: Historical Background
- General Intelligence (g)
- The Flynn Effect
- Sternberg's Theory of Successful Intelligence
- Howard Gardner and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- Expertise
- Creativity
- 13: Consciousness NEW
- Case Study: Blindsight
- Distinguishing among Different Levels of Consciousness
- Unconscious Perception?
- Consciousness and the Grand Illusion?
- Meta-consciousness?
- Consciousness and the Brain?
- Deficits of Consciousness
- Glossary
- Note: All chapters end with
- - Summary
- - Case Study Wrap-Up
- - Key Concepts
- - In the Know: Review Questions
- - Links to Other Chapters
- - Further Reading
